Nano3D (n3D), a company that specializes in unique 3D cell culturing solutions for the life Sciences Market (that is systems that allows for creation of 3D dimensional cellular structures, used in the production and study of artificial organic tissue) has…
Bryan Oknyansky Wants to Bring 3D Printed Shoes Into Vogue Culture
There is a lot of talk — and work — around 3D printed shoes. A few designers have taken a shot at it and 3D Systems used 3D printed shoes to help promote the consumer appeal of its Cubify network.…
How 3D Printing Can Turn a Bicycle into a “Flying Machine”
The FM Studio in Perth, Australia, is a creative hub that experiments with new technologies to transform the bicycles they make into “Flyingmachines”, beautiful works of art that hang on the white walls of the studio. For their latest creation,…
Alessandro Zambelli and .exnovo Explore Ups (and Downs) of 3D Printing for Designers
3D Printing was born as a “boring” industrial process. It allowed – and allows – companies to save up to 90% on costs and time of prototyping but for most people that just was not interesting enough. Now that designers…
Bioprinting Is Booming and Rainbow Biosciences Wants a Piece
In the whirlwind of news, inventions and ideas spiralling out of the additive manufacturing/3D printing revolution there is one whose potential is so big that the media have actually been a bit reluctant to talk about it: bioprinting (or bioplotting).…
Lego and 3D Printing, a Maker’s Perfect Match
Is Lego a maker’s tool? But, more importantly, is Lego destined to play a much bigger role than previously imagined in the world of making and in tomorrow’s self manufacturing? The faBrickation team at the Hasso Plattner Institut in Germany…
The Perpetual Plastic Project Uses 3D Printing to Eliminate Waste
While working on an article about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which has recently received a little bit of coverage in Italy (not by the mainstream media, though), I ran in to the Plastic Bank project. At the same time,…
3D Printing for the Masses at Trideus.be
The massive wave of 3D creativity that originated in Northwestern Europe has been at the forefront of bringing 3D printing to the masses. Visionary artists such as Janne Kittanen, now at 3D Systems, foresaw consumer applications of 3D printing over…
Are Wikihouses Going Up Everywhere?
You have probably all already heard about the Wikihouse project. How hard is it really to build an open source house? Is it as hard as getting something published on Wikipedia with no prior experience or can every one do…
Indian 3D Printing Project Is Helping the Visually Impaired to “Fittle” Right In
The amazing aspect of writing about 3D printing is that a new application is not just news but often opens the door onto a new paradigm of potential applications. Sometimes they are obvious, other times they become obvious as one…
